Representatives of the Central Territorial Medical Association were trained in the field of personal data protection

On 21 June 2023, the representatives of the National Centre for Personal Data Protection organized a training course for employees of the Central Territorial Medical Association entitled: “Legal provisions in the field of personal data protection”.

The aim of the course was to strengthen the capacities of medical staff by familiarising, raising awareness and informing them with the field of personal data protection.

The event addressed important topics such as: definition of personal health data; processing of special categories of personal data; legal grounds for processing personal health data; patients’ rights; obligation of secrecy of personal data; disclosure of personal health data; data minimisation and storage limitation, etc.

The training course was moderated by representatives of the Prevention, Surveillance and Evidence Directorate. It proved to be very useful, the participants asking the trainers many questions about the legal processing of personal data in their daily work. At the same time, the aspects related to the examination of requests for disclosure of personal data on health status to the patient’s legal representative were of great interest to the  participants of the course.

 The event, which took place both in person and online, was attended by about 120 representatives of the Central Territorial Medical Association.